Monday's candlestick (May 5) was a bull doji closing near its high with a long tail below. It has the shape of a bull reversal bar, but the candlestick has a small bull body. In our previous report, we said traders would see if the bears could create more follow-through selling breaking below the April 22 low. If there is a breakout, traders will see if there...
Friday's candlestick (May 2) was an outside bear bar closing in its lower half with a long tail below. In our previous report, we said traders would see if the bears could create a retest and breakout attempt below the April 22 low and if there is a breakout, traders would see if there are strong follow-through selling. Or would the market form a pullback...
Wednesday's candlestick (Apr 30) was a bear bar closing around the middle of its range with a long tail below. In our previous report, we said traders would see if the bears could create a retest and breakout attempt below the April 22 low or if Wednesday's candlestick would close with a long tail below instead (if this is the case, it will indicate some...
Yesterday's candlestick (Apr 29) was a bear bar closing in its lower half with a small tail below. In our previous report, we said traders will see if the bears can create a follow-through bear bar. If they do, it could lead to a retest and breakout attempt below the April 22 low. The bears got a follow-through bear bar on Tuesday. They want a retest of the...
Yesterday's candlestick (Apr 28) was a bear bar closing in its lower half with a prominent tail below. In our previous report, we said traders would see if the bears can create a strong bear entry bar closing near its low, or if the market would trade slightly lower, but lack strong follow-through selling, closing the candlestick with a long tail below or a...
Friday's candlestick (Apr 25) was a bull doji closing in its lower half with a long tail above. In our previous report, we said traders would see if the bulls could create another follow-through bull bar testing near the 20-day EMA, or if the market would trade slightly higher but stall around the 4050-4080 area or the 20-day EMA area and reverse lower,...
Yesterday's candlestick (Apr 24) was an inside bull doji. In our previous report, we said traders would see if the bulls could create another follow-through bull bar testing near the 20-day EMA, or if the market would trade slightly higher but stall around the 4050-4080 area or the 20-day EMA and reverse lower, forming a retest of the April 22 low instead. ...
Yesterday's candlestick (Apr 23) was a big bull car closing in its upper half with a prominent tail below. In our previous report, we said traders would see if the bulls can create a strong follow-through bull bar (it could start a 2-legged sideways to up pullback phase) or if the market would lack follow-through buying instead. The market formed a strong...
Yesterday's candlestick was a bull reversal closing near its high with a long tail below. In our previous report, we said traders would to see if the bears can create a strong retest of the 3850-3800 area and close (yesterday) as a strong bear bar near its low, or if the candlestick would close with a long tail below and above the middle of its range...
Yesterday's candlestick closed as a bear bar near its low. In our previous report, we said the odds slightly favor the market to trade at least a little lower. Traders would to see if the bears could create a follow-through bear bar to confirm the breakout below the 4000 level. If they do, we may see a retest of the January low around the 3850-3800 area. ...
Yesterday's candlestick closed as a bear bar near its low with a prominent tail above. In our previous report, we said the market formed a tight trading range in the last 3-4 days (small yellow box). The market is in breakout mode. Traders will wait for a breakout from either direction and trade in the direction of the breakout. The market formed a breakout...
Yesterday's candlestick closed as a bear bar near its low with a long tail below. In our previous report, we said the bulls need to create consecutive bull bars closing near their highs to increase the odds of a minor pullback towards the 20-day EMA or April 10 high area. The market traded above the prior day's high (16 April) but the follow-through buying...
Yesterday's candlestick closed as a bear bar in its lower half with a small tail below. We said that the recent selling has been climactic and slightly oversold. Perhaps we may see a minor pullback towards the 20-day EMA or April 10 high area? The market attempted to reverse higher but sold off in the last 30 minutes. Currently, the candlestick is a small...
Yesterday's candlestick closed as a bear bar in its lower half with a prominent tail below. Currently, the market is a small bull inside bar trading near its high. The bulls want a reversal from a wedge pattern (Mar 25, Apr 9, and Apr 15) and a small double bottom (Apr 9 and Apr 15) They see yesterday's move simply as a retest of the April 9 low and want a...
Yesterday's candlestick opened lower but reversed to close as a big bull bar in its upper half with a prominent tail above. However, the market traded significantly lower after the market closed. The market will open lower than the March 13 low today. Again, the bulls hope buyers are below the gap down, similar to March 31st and yesterday April 2nd. They...
The market closed as a bull bar in its upper half with prominent tails above and below. Yesterday, we said traders would see if the bulls could create follow-through buying. If they could, the market may trade a little higher towards the Mar 25 high area. The market looks like it will open almost 1% lower today. The bulls hope that yesterday's low will act...
Yesterday's candlestick closed as a big bull bar in its upper half with a long tail below. The market gapped down and traded below the March 13 low but lacked follow-through selling. The bulls see the current move as a retest of the prior extreme low (Mar 13). They want the market to reverse from a lower low major trend reversal pattern. At the very least,...
The market tested the 20-day EMA and the January 13 low in the last 2 trading days. In our last report, we said the buying pressure is stronger than the selling pressure (bear bars with no follow-through selling) and the odds slightly favor the market to still be in the sideways to up pullback phase. The bulls want the market to form a 2 legged sideways to...